U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database

Geologic Unit: Carvers Gap

Usage:

Carvers Gap Granulite Gneiss (NC,TN)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures along an access road from its intersection with TN Highway 143 and NC Highway 261 at Carvers Gap, Carvers Gap 7.5-min quadrangle, Mitchell Co., NC (Gulley, 1985).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).